What-is-communicative-language-teaching

Whatiscommunicativelanguageteaching?Communicativelanguageteachingmakesuseofreal-lifesituationsthatnecessitatecommunication.Theteachersetsupasituationthatstudentsarelikelytoencounterinreallife.Unliketheaudiolingualmethodoflanguageteaching,whichreliesonrepetitionanddrills,thecommunicativeapproachcanleavestudentsinsuspenseastotheoutcomeofaclassexercise,whichwillvaryaccordingtotheirreactionsandresponses.Thereal-lifesimulationschangefromdaytoday.Students'motivationtolearncomesfromtheirdesiretocommunicateinmeaningfulwaysaboutmeaningfultopics.Whatistask-basedlanguageteaching?Task-basedlanguageteaching(TBLT)isanapproachwhichoffersstudentsmaterialwhichtheyhavetoactivelyengageintheprocessingofinordertoachieveagoalorcompleteatask.Muchlikeregulartasksthatweperformeverydaysuchasmakingthetea,writinganessay,talkingtosomeoneonthephone,TBLTseekstodevelopstudents’interlanguagethroughprovidingataskandthenusinglanguagetosolveit.HerearesomeofthemainfeaturesofTBLT:meaningisprimarythereissomecommunicationproblemtosolvethereissomesortofrelationshiptocomparablerealworldactivitiestaskcompletionhassomeprioritytheassessmentisdoneintermsofoutcomes